Jose Antonio "Tony" Cua-Toc, 27, claims he bought the winning ticket back in 2010 from a
grocery store in Warner Robins, Ga.

But there was just one problem: Because he'd entered the
U.S. illegally a decade before, the winnings were off limits.

For help, he turned to the man who employed him as a day laborer,
Eric Cervantes, who Cau-Toc claims agreed to cash the ticket on
his behalf and then allegedly pocketed the check behind his back.

The men squared off in court on Tuesday, where jurors will be
tasked with deciding whether Cervantes took advantage of a worker
or was himself double-crossed.

"Cua-Toc told jurors he trusted Cervantes as his friend who
promised to give all the money after claiming the winning ticket
at a Macon lottery office," according to Purser's report. "Jurors
also viewed a security surveillance video of Cua-Toc and his
girlfriend taking the ticket back to the OM Food Mart the night
Cua-Toc purchased it to see if it indeed was a legitimate winning
ticket."

In his defense, Cervantes claims he loaned Cau-Toc a few bucks to
pick up beer and cigarettes, along with a $20 for lottery
tickets.

After taxes, there's about $460,000 left to claim from the ticket
winnings.